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How good it is, what pleasure comes

Author: Ruth Duck (b. 1947) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Nation and Society Scripture: Psalm 133 Used With Tune: HARESFIELD

Psalm 107 Part 2

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 41 hymnals Topics: Nation's blest and punished First Line: From age to age exalt his name Lyrics: From age to age exalt his name; God and his grace are still the same; He fills the hungry soul with food, And feeds the poor with every good. But if their hearts rebel and rise Against the God that rules the skies; If they reject his heav'nly word, And slight the counsels of the Lord He'll bring their spirits to the ground, And no deliv'rer shall be found; Laden with grief, they waste their breath In darkness and the shades of death. Then to the Lord they raise their cries; He makes the dawning light arise, And scatters all that dismal shade That hung so heavy round their head. He cuts the bars of brass in two, And lets the smiling pris'ners through; Takes off the load of guilt and grief, And gives the lab'ring soul relief. O may the sons of men record The wondrous goodness of the Lord How great his works! how kind his ways! Let every tongue pronounce his praise. Scripture: Psalm 107

Psalm 147

Author: Isaac Watts Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 286 hymnals Topics: Blessings of a nation First Line: With songs and honors sounding loud Lyrics: With songs and honors sounding loud, Address the Lord on high; Over the heav'ns he spreads his cloud, And waters veil the sky. He sends his showers of blessing down To cheer the plains below; He makes the grass the mountains crown, And corn in valleys grow. He gives the grazing ox his meat, He hears the raven's cry; But man, who tastes his finest wheat, Should raise his honors high. His steady counsels change the face Of the declining year; He bids the sun cut short his race, And wintry days appear. His hoary frost, his fleecy snow, Descend and clothe the ground; The liquid streams forbear to flow, In icy fetters bound. When from the dreadful stores on high He pours the rattling hail, The wretch that dares this God defy Shall find his courage fail. He sends his word, and melts the snow, The fields no longer mourn; He calls the warmer gales to blow, And bids the spring return. The changing wind, the flying cloud, Obey his mighty word: With songs and honors sounding loud, Praise ye the sovereign Lord. Scripture: Psalm 147:7-9

Eternal Source of every joy!

Author: Doddridge Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 376 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Thanksgiving Lyrics: 1 Eternal Source of every joy! Well may thy praise our lips employ, While in thy temple we appear, Whose goodness crowns the circling year. 2 The flowery spring, at thy command, Embalms the air, and paints the land; The summer rays with vigor shine, To raise the corn and cheer the vine. 3 Thy hand, in autumn, richly pours Through all our coasts redundant stores; And winters, softened by thy care, No more a face of horror wear. 4 Seasons and months, and weeks and days, Demand successive songs of praise; Still be the cheerful homage paid, With opening light and evening shade. Scripture: Psalm 33:12

For those in bonds as bound with them

Author: Hastings Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Freedom Lyrics: 1 For those in bonds as bound with them, To thee, O God! we pray That some celestial, radiant beam May bring a brighter day. 2 Pity, O Lord! that injured race, And thy deliverance send; Grant them the treasures of thy grace, And bid their bondage end. 3 They sit in darkness, slow to learn The blessings that they need Nor can our anxious thought discern How best their cause to plead. 4 All helpless, and without a plan, We come before thy throne; We put no confidence in man, But trust in thee alone. 5 The means of rescue, and the hour, Thy mercy will reveal: Thine is the wisdom, thine the power; Teach us to do thy will.

God grant a blessing on this land!

Author: Anon. Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 God grant a blessing on this land! May this Republic ever stand, A home of peace, a resting-place For earth's oppressed, down-trodden race. 2 On our chief Magistrate bestow Wisdom to guide and power to do; Around him place, in posts of trust, Men who are honest, firm, and just. 3 And may our legislative halls Be filled with men whom duty calls,-- Unselfish, patriotic, pure, To right and country ever sure. 4 With even scales may justice show The rights of all, both high and low; So shall our land from flood to flood, Be that blest land whose King is God.

God of our fathers! whose right hand

Author: W. H. Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 God of our fathers! whose right hand Their galling fetters broke, And set our now delightsome land Free from a foreign yoke. 2 We thank thee for the blessings given, Prosperity and peace; And raise our prayerful hearts to heaven, That these may still increase. 3 Our warrior sires, who stood in arms, In death's long slumber rest, While we, secure from war's alarms, By their hard toils are blest. 4 We, in our own thrice blissful bowers, In safety now recline; These blessings, gracious Lord, are ours: The praise be ever thine.

God of the year! with songs of praise

Author: L. H. Sigourney Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 18 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Thanksgiving Lyrics: 1 God of the year! with songs of praise And hearts of love, we come to bless Thy bounteous hand, for thou hast shed Thy manna o'er our wilderness. 2 In early spring-time thou didst fling O'er earth its robe of blossoming; And its sweet treasures, day by day, Rose quickening in thy blessed ray. 3 God of the seasons! thou hast blest The land with sunlight and with showers, And plenty o'er its bosom smiles To crown the sweet autumnal hours. 4 Praise, praise to thee! our hearts expand To view these blessings of thy hand, And on the incense-breath of love Ascend to their bright home above.

God, to thee we humbly bow

Author: Boker Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation In War Lyrics: 1 God, to thee we humbly bow, Hand unarmed and naked brow; Musket, lance, and sheathed sword At thy feet we lay, O Lord! Gone is all the soldier's boast In the valor of the host: Kneeling here, we do our most. 2 Of ourselves we nothing know: Thou and thou alone canst show, By the favor of thy hand, Who hast drawn the guilty brand. If our foemen have the right, Show thy judgments in our sight, Through the fortunes of the fight. 3 Now, O God, once more we rise, Marching on beneath thy eyes; And we draw the sacred sword In thy name and at thy word. May our spirits clearly see Thee through all that is to be, In defeat or victory.

Hail the day that brought our freedom

Author: Wm. Hunter Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: The Christian Nation Patriotism Lyrics: 1 Hail the day that bought our freedom, Bought with our forefathers' blood; Thou, our conquering God, didst lead them Through the flame and through the flood. Independence! Echo it through field and flood. 2 Lo! their happy sons and daughters, On this glad and festal day, By the springs of limpid waters, O'er the hills and valleys stray. Independence! Chorus still of every lay. 3 Here we, in thy presence bending, Happiest of the happy throngs, Up to heaven our prayers are sending-- Up to heaven our rapturous songs. Independence! Swells the triumph, and prolongs. 4 Oh! thou God of our salvation, Who dost blessings richly shower Let us make our Declaration In this spirit-stirring hour. Independence! From the tyrant Satan's power. 5 Father! oh, prepare us better For the blessings richly given; Break off every sinful fetter, Purge out every sinful leaven. Independence! Then shall clear our path to heaven.